American Masters from the Blanton Museum of Art's Mari and James A. Michener Collection

Organized by the LSU Museum of Art, June 27 through November 30

Opening Reception, Friday, June 27, 6:30pm to 8:30pm

The LSU MOA continues its series of American art exhibitions this summer with American Masters from the Blanton Museum of Art's Mari and James A. Michener Collection.  Pulitzer Prize-winning novelist James A. Michener is known for his sweeping, historical dramas such as South Pacific and Centennial.  He and his wife also amassed a remarkable collection of American art, which they donated to the University of Texas at Austin to serve as a teaching tool for students, teachers and scholars.  The Micheners traveled extensively, often meeting artists and spending time in their studios to learn about their processes, inspirations and influences.  The collection represents the development of art throughout the United States during the twentieth century from landscape painting in New York to figurative painting in California and everything in between.  Michener collected not only abstract expressionist painting but also photorealistic works, pop art as well as color field painting.  Visitors will see artists such as Robert Henri, Jim Dine, Robert Indiana and Kenneth Noland in celebration of the diversity and inclusiveness of twentieth-century art in the United States.